This issue kicks off the Omnibus line of Star Wars TPBs from Dark Horse, at last putting long out-of-print issues into the hands of new readers. "The Rebel Opposition" and "The Phantom Affair" (issues 1-8 of Star Wars: X-Wing Squadron), in particular, have never been traded before--nor even seen in print since their original monthly issues in 1995.

That said, the volumes take an unusual approach to trade reprinting. Instead of collecting issues by publication date or by story line, this volume makes it clear that the intent is to publish stories according to their point on the Star Wars time line.

This issue, for example collects the most recently-published series, Star Wars: X-Wing--Rogue Leader (which begins on Endor, immediately after the Ewok celebrations at the close of Return of the Jedi), and immediately follows it with stories from the mid-1990s (which happen about a month after the Battle of Endor).

The interesting result of this publication decision is that almost all of the material in this volume is being published in trade format for the first time.

This volume also contains a very helpful biographical section at the end of the book, allowing new readers to become fully acquainted with the characters featured in the stories of the Rogues.